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Health Care Reform and the Stock Market: Economic Impact, Growth Opportunity and Private Sector Investors

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Title Health Care Reform and the Stock Market: Economic Impact, Growth Opportunity and Private Sector Investors
 
Creator Dong, Gang Nathan; Columbia University
 
Description Objective: To study the potential economic impact of the health care reform (PPACA) on business in the health care sector.Data Sources: Financial statement data from Compustat and stock return data from CRSP.Study Design: Firms are categorized into 12 industries including medical clinics, drug distributors, hospitals, insurers, medical product manufacturers, nursing homes, pharmaceuticals, etc. To study the PPACA’s economic impact on the health care sector, we use the event study method and regression analysis to examine the excess stock returns caused by the Congress’s passage of the PPACA in 2010 and the Supreme Court’s upholding of the Act in 2012.Findings: The market appears to support the Act in general and reacts positively to the health service business including hospitals, medical clinics, and specialty outpatient facilities.ConclusionsFor regulators who want to explore how to reduce the costs of public funding to health care, or for private investors who are considering entering the health care market, this result helps identify growth opportunities within the sector and the levels of interest that majority of investors have towards them.
 
Publisher Worldwebtalk.com, Inc.
 
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Date 2015-08-26
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://healthfinancejournal.com/index.php/johcf/article/view/4
 
Source Journal of Health Care Finance; Vol 41, No 2: Fall 2014
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://healthfinancejournal.com/index.php/johcf/article/view/4/5
 
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